Gathering of the Vibes Welcomes School of Rock

Article Contributed by GatheringOfTheVibes | Published on Thursday, July 7, 2011

Gathering of the Vibes, the Northeast’s premier camping and music arts festival, is proud to announce a unique partnership with School Of Rock, the nation’s leading performance-based music school, promising to be the “must see” musical event of the summer, July 21-24, at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT.

School of Rock joins the Vibes Family at the “School of Rock Teen Vibes Stage.” Watch established Vibes artists from the Main and Green Vibes stages jam with the rock stars of the future, bringing the School of Rock’s unique teaching method alive for teen students from Boston to Virginia!

“School of Rock is honored to be involved with one of the most amazing music festivals on the summer circuit,” said Mark Biondi, School of Rock director of product development and All-Stars. “The opportunity to have our students watch, listen and learn from the masters while sharing the gift of music with the Vibes audience is something these kids will never forget. We can’t wait to see the magic they’ll be creating together.”

Gathering of the Vibes is proud to announce New England’s “Godfathers of Jam,” Max Creek, will celebrate 40 years together Saturday afternoon on the Main Stage. Reuniting four of the five former members of God Street Wine, Dan Pifer and Jon Bevo will now join Lo Faber and Aaron Maxwell on the Green Vibes Stage.

Also, the 2010 British Blues Awards Male Vocalist of the Year and Young Artist of the Year, Oli Brown, brings his band to Seaside Park on Thursday, (July 21) and Grammy Award winner Johnny Nicholas and his band Hell Bent join the Vibes on Friday, (July 22) featuring fellow Grammy winner Cindy Cashdollar.